Details
| First Name | Kenneth |
| Last Name | Hay |
| Username | kenneth |
| Website | |
| Region | International |
| Disciplines | Drawing, Film, Installation, Moving Image, Painting, Photography, Printmaking, Sculpture, Sound |
| Themes | Botanical, Figurative, Landscape, Portraits |
Statement
| Statement | A modern Scottish Colourist. As a painter, whether figurative or abstract, I am particularly interested in colour, which I wish to be clean and pure, and drawing which I like to be tight and sharp. When working in other fields like film, sound, photography, sculpture or printmaking, common features would be an emphasis on tight structure and composition. I am more drawn to classical, cool form rather than expressive or romantic form. There is always a conceptual aspect behind each work, which follows an experimental development, often trying to find a concrete solution to a visual or other question, such that I produce discrete bodies of work which appear to be quite distinct from each other, according to the nature of the task in hand. In Leeds I trained under Sir Lawrence Gowing and members of the Euston Road School – Maurice Fields, Claude Rogers and their modern successor Paul Gopal-Chowdhury, but also Oleg Prokofiev Norman Stevens and Ainsley Yule. In Florence, I occupied Donatello’s Studio in San Lorenzo for a while then trained at the Accademia Di Belle Arti under pupils of Kokoschka and Renato Guttuso, also studying art restoration with Prof Pietro Gori. In Aberystwyth I studied under David Tinker and Moira Vincentelli. Since 1990 I have worked at various Art Schools and Universities in the UK and abroad, returning to become Head of Fine Art at Leeds University and eventually Professor Emeritus of Contemporary Art Practice there, a Department which I founded. I am also Visiting Professor of Aesthetics at Masaryk University Brno, CZ. |
Biography
| Biography | B. Inverness 1955 Educated at The University of Leeds (BA Fine Art 1977), The Accademia di Belle Arti, Florence (Diploma exams 1980); The University College of Wales, Aberystwyth (MA Visual Arts (1982); Ph.D Italian Aesthetics 1860-1960 (1990)). Professor Emeritus of Contemporary Art Practice, The University of Leeds (2014 -) Visiting Professor of Aesthetics, Masaryk University, Bro, CZ (2009- ) Deputy Head of the School of Design, The University of Leeds, (2000-2004) Head of the Sub Faculty of Art, The University of Leeds (2000-2001) Head of the School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies, The University of Leeds (1996-2001) Visiting Lecturer in Fine Art: Newport, Cardiff, Middlesex, Polytechnic, East London Polytechnic, Sheffield University, Norwich, Newcastle, Glasgow, and numerous overseas institutions – Copenhagen (DM), Helsinki, Tampere, (FI), Bergen (NO), Prague, Brno, Ostrava (CZ), Johannesburg (SA), Tainan (TW), Venice IU (IT) etc. Over 100 international exhibitions and solo exhibitions, including: Venice Biennale (1995 & 2003), Venice Telecom Italia Future Centre (2004), Tokyo International Art Fair (2001), Miami Red Dot (2019), Stockholm SuperMarket Art Fair (2014), Coohaus Gallery, NY (2013), Sluice Art Fair, London (2013), The Bulgarian Cultural Institute, London (2013), Busan (2008, 2010, 2012) and Incheon Biennales, Korea (2010, 2012), The National History Museum, Tbilisi, Georgia (2012), sponsored by The British Council, The Gyumri Biennale, Armenia (2011), The Water Tower Arts Festival, Sofia, Bulgaria (2010, 2011, 2012), Matt Roberts Gallery, London (2012), Untitled BCN Gallery, Barcelona (2012), Galerie Cérna Línka, Brno (2012), Galerie Nová Sín Prague (2011), Fondació Joan & Pilar Miró, Mallorca, Spain (2012), Galerie Skolská, Prague (2011), AKOS Centre Yerevan, Armenia (2011), Royal Dublin Society, Ireland (2010), Galerie Mladych, Brno, CZ (2010), Galerie Sypka, Vlkov, CZ (2008), The Today Museum, Beijing (2008) – Film toured to Shanghai, Brussels, Amsterdam, Istanbul, Lisbon, Paramaribo, Zagreb and São Paolo, then 30 Museums and Galleries in the Netherlands including the Stedelijk, Amsterdam and the Kröller-Müller, Otterlo; Xiamen Art & Residency Centre, China (2008), National Museum of Fine Arts, Valletta, Malta (2008), National Cheng Kung University & Arts Centre, Tainan, (TAI) (2007) (Major five year retrospective) Camelot Gallery, Cracow (2005), Goëthe Institut, Cracow (2005), Bradford Cartwright Hall (2005), Galerie Pryzmat, Cracow (2004), The Deptford X, London (2004), Czech Centre for Experimental Theatre, Brno (2002), The Prenelle Gallery, London (2002), New York Public Library (2002), Leeds University Gallery (Major 25 year retrospective) (2000), Tripp Gallery, Melbourne AUS) (1999), Glasgow Project Space (1999), Living Arts Museum, Reykjavík (ICL) (1999), The UnFair, Berlin (1996), Presentation House, Vancouver (1995). I also work collectively, with Seetha A (UK) (as Moorland Productions) and with Josef Danek (CZ) as The Frozen Academy. My studio/Gallery/Project space is in SW France, where I also organise the annual Larroque Arts Festival, an International Arts Festival which has invited over 500 artists over 10 years to participate, visit and exchange. A selection of my publications is available on: https://leeds.academia.edu/KennethHay
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